Apparatus for treating fluids.



G. F. GOERNER.

APPARATUS Fon HEMfNG nulos.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 22| 19! Patented May 6, 1919.

`encuen E eonnnnn, or Los `juventus,CALIFORNIA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

v APPARATUS Foie TEEATING FLuIns.

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' Appncaupneied september 22, 1917.` serial No. 192,815).

Tartu/whom 'it may-concern.' y

` Be it known that LVGEORGE F. GonnNEn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Los Angeles, county of Los Angeles, and

State of California, have invented a certain` new and useful Apparatusfor Treating Fluids, of which the following is a specification.

'This invention relates to apparatus for f treating fluids, with theespecial end in view of separating therefrom the solid matter carriedtherein in suspension, precipitating separated substances containedtherein, and condensing the gases or vaporous bodies in the fluids undertreatment.

In general, my means for effecting the objects above stated, consists incausing the Huid to be treated to pass through a fluid screen, andspecifically it consists in interposing in the path of travel of thefluid a treating fluid iiowing in a direction at an angle to the flow ofthe fluid to be treated, whereby to deflect the fluid matter and cause acondensation of the condensable matters, and a separation andprecipitation of the solid matters in a zone outside of that trav` ersedby the fluid under treatment, and collecting the resultant products,whether solids or liquids.

I use the term fluids throughout the specification and claims in ageneric sense as designating any aggregation of mole` cules, be itsmoke, fumes, vapors, dust, steam, mineralogical gases or products, airor the like.

The invention and further objects thereof will appear more fully fromthe subjoined specification in connection with the accompanying drawing,illustrating one form of apparatus for carrylng out my discovery, andthe illustration in the drawing may represent a complete apparatus orbut a single unit of several conjoined to effect the execution of thesteps hereinafter described.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a unit.

Fig. 2 is a section on lne- 2--2, Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a section on line 33, Fig. 1.

The apparatus, as shown, consists of two chambers A and B,interconnected by a pas sageway C and supported on a base of concrete orother suitable material.

Each chamber is composed of two conjoined sections 1 and 2, and 3 and 4respectively, the upperV sections 1 and 3, respectively of each chamberprovided with open ings 5 and 6 respectively, which register with theopenings inthe passageway C, `and the opening 5 in the sectionl-ofchamber' A formed with a` dependin baflie flange 7. Infeach uppersection"1` and Sfof the chambersA and 13,;.arehand holes 8 and 8, and 9and 9, respectively, normally closedl bycovers 10"and 10', and 11 andf11,1re

\ spectively, `these holes serving to' permit in-` spection of theinterior of thecliambers.

The lower` :sections 2 and A., respectively,`

of :the chambers and 1B, are provided with openings 12 and 13,respectively', formed with channel walls 14: andl, respectively and withinclined bottoms 16 and 17,respectively, provided with drain pipes 18and 19,

respectively, disposed in said base 1, and arranged to convey thefluids, precipitates and extracted products to discharges 20 and 21,respectively. The openings 12 and 13 of the lower sections 2 and 1 arein line with the openings 5 and 6 of the upper sections 1 and 3, andwith passa es 22 and 23, respectively provided in said ase 1 to conn veythe fluids, such as fumes, vapors, gases and the like, to be treated,upwardly through the chamber A and downwardly through the chamber B, ashereinafter pointed out. l

In the fluids conveying passageway 22 is disposed a nozzle 24 throughwhich a fluid of any desirable nature is discharged in an upwardlydirection, but at an angle to the flow of the fluid to be treated. Suchfluid may be any capable of elfecting extraction, separation orcondensation, and may be a liquid, as water.

In the fluid conveying passageway C is disposed a nozzle 25, throughwhich a Huid of any desirablev nature, either like the fluid used inchamber A or different therefrom, is discharged in a downwardlydirection, but at an angle to the flow of the fluid to be treated. i

Valves 26 and 27 respectively control the supply of the fluid to andthrough the nozzles 24 and 25.

The substance to be treated enters into the passageway 22 and travelsupwardly, meeting in its ascent the fluid discharged from the nozzle 24,which deflects the course of travel of the substance and carries it withit to the sides of the chamber A. The precipitates and condensatescollect in this chamber A and are eventually carried out through thedrain pipe 18 and discharge 20, while the fluid under treatment, withwhat- Y from the condensates andc precipitates are charge 21.'.

What I claim Yis drawn effthleegh drain Pipe 19, end die.-

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gaseous bodies to remoye therefrom "the Solide.; eeneeteg ete 'pliireltyef ehembee,

having collection zones'forsolids, means intereeneetng. Seid:ellemleele' enel leuning.. e zone of travelll for the gases, means vforeereenng the lelet te eHdthe outlet frem Seid' Zelle eftieyel byreepeetvely en; 11P- Werdly end outwardly and e, downwardly andeityyerdly dfeeted liquid` Spray die; charging into said collectionzones, said last dopjes of this Ypartentmay be obtained for named sprayinducing the puriied gases through said zone of travel.

2.- An apparatus forY treating fluids consisting of chambers, meansintercoimecting saidchanibers "and forming a zone or travel for thegases, said chambers formed with collection z ones for solids, means forsupply- :w

ing an upwardly directed spray discharging entirely across the zone ofcollection and the zone of travel at the entrance to said zone of travelwhereby solids are extracted and deposited Iin said collection zones,and means fer supplying al downwardly directed liquid spray across theoutlet from the zone of travel and the zone of collection at said outletItoiextract the remaining solids and maiutain a lvacuum within said zoneof travel.

lIn testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in the presence of a witness.

GEORGE F. GOERNER.

Witness W. H; DUTToN.

yecents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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